Pavel Dorofeyev earns first big Rangers moment with key goal in win
Pavel Dorofeyev finally got his first big Rangers goal.Of course, it couldn’t come without hitting his league-leading sixth post/crossbar of the season earlier in the night, but Dorofeyev’s game-tying power-play goal in the third period helped propel the Blueshirts to a 3-2 win over the Flyers on Thursday night at Madison Square Garden.Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Mollie Walker about the inside buzz on the Rangers.
With 4:39 left in regulation, Tye Kartye sniped the game-winner off the rush to give his team an 8-2 record on home ice this season.Head coach Mike Sullivan has run through numerous forward combinations to try to help Dorofeyev shake his snakebitten play through his first 17 games as a Ranger.The scoring opportunities have come in abundance, but the Russian wing hasn’t been able to connect as much as his underlying metrics suggest he could.The Rangers were overwhelming at times through the first 30 minutes, hunting pucks and winning more foot races than not.In their third straight game without Sean Durzi, who was placed on injured reserve with a lower-body injury before puck drop, the Rangers defense gave up few grade-A opportunities in the first period to make life a little easier on rookie goalie Dylan Garand in his 12th consecutive game.J.T.Miller helped get the Rangers on the board less than five minutes into the game when the captain got a stick on a Marcus Pettersson shot and the puck ricocheted in off Gabe Perreault.Once the home team’s energy waned, however, the Flyers were opportunistic with what was given.
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